advocate (subs.) Copy link Outline I. The pleader of a cause1. actor (usu. with defining words)2. causĭdĭcus (prop. a mere pleader, and hence often used in a contemptuous sense)3. patrōnus (orig. only of one who defended a dependent; hence it was always the most honourable term)4. advŏcātus (in Cic.'s time used only of an assistant counsel, but afterwards as synonymous with patronus)5. răbŭla, ae, m. (a brawling or blustering advocate)II. One who recommends or speaks in favour of1. suāsor2. patrōnus (fig.) • advocate (subs.): I. The pleader of a cause: 1. actor (usu. with defining words): Molo, a very excellent a., Molo, a. summus causarum, Cic.: a middling lawyer and a., consultus juris et a. causarum mediocris, Hor.: not the cause but the a. is blamed, non causa reprehenditur sed a., Quint.: at Athens an a. was forbidden to excite the feelings, Athenis a. movere affectus vetabatur, Quint. 2. causĭdĭcus (prop. a mere pleader, and hence often used in a contemptuous sense): we are not seeking for some nameless a., non c. nescio quem conquirimus, Cic.: Juv.: Quint. 3. patrōnus (orig. only of one who defended a dependent; hence it was always the most honourable term): the a. in a cause, p. causae, Cic.: I beg of you, Praetor, give that a. to my opponent, quaeso, praetor, adversario meo da istum p., Cic.: the a. of the opposite side, p. partis adversae, Quint. 4. advŏcātus (in Cic.'s time used only of an assistant counsel, but afterwards as synonymous with patronus): such an a. seems to be a proof of a bad cause, videtur talis a. malae causae argumentum, Quint.: Auct. Dial. de Or. 5. răbŭla, ae, m. (a brawling or blustering advocate): Cic.: Quint. Phr.: to be an a. (in a particular case), causam agere, Cic.; causam dicere, Liv.: (habitually), in judiciis versari, Cic.; causas actitare, Cic.: to be a person's a., causam pro aliquo dicere, Cic.: that province selected me as a. of its rights, me sibi illa provincia defensorem sui juris adoptavit, Cic. II. One who recommends or speaks in favour of: 1. suāsor: he himself was the a. and adviser of this surrender, hujus deditionis ipse s. et auctor fuit, Cic.: Vell. 2. patrōnus (fig.): the a. of justice, justitiae p., Cic.